Yeah.. I remember doing a stupid thing once: rpm -e glibc.... to show someone
about dependencies.. well, it removed it without confirmation....
Jean-Michel
Michael Irving wrote:
> > > Is there noway for you to
> > > warn users that they might have fucked up their installation? Or put
> > > into the script that if -U was used refuse to go on?
> >
> > That would require patching rpm... And I don't know if putting package
> > exceptions (never do -U with kernel, don't do -U with hackkernel, don't do
> > -i with package xyz) in rpm would be a very good idea...
> >
> Perhaps it would be ok for the most vital packages as glibc and kernel as
> you definetly need thos to even be able to boot.
>
> Michael Irving
